Amusement ride



5. 41 3 F. L. MAYBERRY 1,815,860

AMUSEMENT RIDE Filed Feb. 19, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l F. L. MAYBERRY AMUS EMENT RI DE Jul '21, 1 931.

Filed Feb; is, 1930 :5 Sheets-Sheet 2 -July 21, 19 1; F. Lj: MAYBERRY 1,815,860

AMUSEMENT RIDE Filed Feb. 19, 1930 s Sheets-Shet 3 a; m v W I t: f r w m N v Q 1 Q5 111%;

Patented July I Y IBED L YMAYBER1QF l IiE W CAQSE-LE ZBENNS mime, ASQIGHgQZR T0 Bennie m. 5

,7 -*Thisi=nvention reletesto iniprdvementsin amusement rides 01 v to what m1gh-tb de-" :MAXBEBRxAo NEWJ GAS LE, rEiiNsYLvANIAf I l WSE M i" 3 jfgpneeqn gum-r new19, 1930. Serial neezsess.

scribed as sm a u ement railway for muse v Theaiipri-rlnery" bjeet fof the the pyevision of an iinproyed amuse} orjm'nus'ement 'QiL-Wey;

pic-vision o-f a eet I ef-the invention is .15 \the' {nevision e a nevel iz'onm dfiamusement ra-i iwey end the eon't d1' ff0r' theiealns Operetting thereonj I I en emitter eje t :Lc-f the meme-mas th'e' provision 0f a novel eenstmctien one df-fiding on a ceaste r." therrnovel teetnres df eonstruetron iof'sthe r'ail weyg the ewn the contrdl oia'theearinits ig. 2 is rai l weiyearen t-h s th i engh the series 1 ofsmovemehtsflto which t movements overthe milwzty, theimeehanism I 7 far put-ting the car thteugqhlevseries ofmeive, I merits to produce the effect of riding en. a coaster; and improved results 10f :t-he .inven tion -wi11 "appear" mere erticdlsirl y I send ,speeifieeilylin fithe $011 0 deseniptien taken in-ieenjunetion wi t thei a'ccem panying 419i mire l' -is a-ftep' lan zpl'atfonm-ready to :be .put

is mounted being shewn in verti'ealseetiem ,;I

I car imthe tie'n efthe platfetm:operatingimeehtmism; r

' 51iisja fietailedwperspeetivecview 0f the locking mechanism'betweenxthe can frame a nd thecar base i i ention is 'ub-Of an etrnusemerttimilway whitehf 'eeI' per'ztte-d henfieatnres at any V s reaches thls-secti on 0f the tmckthef-ront s View niiside elevationiotxthe. operztter l el'ea'sesthe button Rand thencar I r the switches, and Zan d'this operator enen' gizesgthest-raight section of traek C t bI-in-g e3" Fig. 6 is an end view showing the bumper monnteduponthe platform and w mechanism for rockflngihe car frame rinetmnsversezdt I reation. I i I I F ig- 7 is an enlargednemued ersp ,55; 1 view? o'ifj the construction m'sed TfOI' the.eamto thezbumper. I s e l8 iisia; detailed viewiin side elevation iI hxStreLting Lthe ileckingweonneetion between thepletfiemn-andthe'pit;

Fig. 9'ris inn-enlarged perspective 'aziew showing the connecting. means between the I pivotal sup-poet :of the tear and the imechaniism fefme'eking the :ear ine vtransverse direction. I s h I I ffiiefeniingmow particularly to Figure lief the drawings whereinia'plan View ofzthe complete flay-out is illustmteiit Wi1lbe seen that i 'thereis provided a large platform A an'd the the ti e'ekat the peint/designateda. I -,After.. the car-has been lbade'den operator, 5

car -When it is ten belaadedis "positioned 011 ;7

whe will be knownjeshtheikfront .-operator-, i

deptesseswthesbutton marked Rtherebyeneiz;

vgi'zin'g. thetracksection designated as a new;

helds this ibutton idepressed until -the ear reaches the adjacent track section designated Each I o'f the c'ztrsis prep'elled by anelecti ie 7 motor suitably built intogtheitrucks o'f the car and eminent is delivered to the motor by aftrol leynorshoe l running on a third 0 1p centr'al rall such BJSlS commonly the practice in.

e-lecti'ictrailway systems. I 1 I ilhazt section of the track designated :b" is energized i atiellltimes s0 thetfwhen thecar in OntimIeS OVeI-the energized track section b aind throughfthesWitehBiwhereit enters a 9a V, I n stra ght seetion effltrack designatedes -C. I Y

' straight seetion"of traekviszeontrolled I by en operator who is -positi0n'ec1 adjacent movements at desiredi'length ofitimeith'ei'op'en 129 f I 1 coupling W 7 downthis section through and beyond the ator adjacent the platform energizes the straight track section C to reverse the car switch E. v g The operator then brings the car forward until it hits that section where the track V the platform by this-operator, and after the H platform'D he signals or otherwise notifies the front operatorwho starts another carfor V f ,wardly so that the amusementdevice iscontinuously'in operation when desired.

' form D it will be'seen that this platform is, pivotally supported over a pit F. upon a,

car is unloaded the operator brings the car againup to a loading'position on that section ofthetrack designated at (1. 7 I

a After the rear operator; is through putting acarithrough the desired movementson the From the foregoing" it .will be seen that an amusement railway and an amusement ride is. provided whichcan' be controlled and handled by two operators.

Coming now to a descrlption of the plattransverseshaftlO which terminates in suitable bearings or'housing's 11 in the side walls .12 of the pit At one end'a beveled gear 13 surrounds'the shaft 10 but through suitable connection to the housing 11 of the pit walls 12is held against, rotation so that it merely acts as a'ra'ce-wayi for the spur gear l4'mount- I ed on the end of the shaft 15. Thep'urp'o'se;

ofthese-spur and worm gears will be later described. V f Asfthe platform" is pivotally supported transverse'its length it is necessary to pro-. v de means for locklng it into a, hor zontal position and this-means comprises a, pin-.16

mounted in one end ofthe platform whichis adapted to be moved outwardly into engagement with the opening 17 in the endwall 18 of the pit. The locking of the platform in a horizontalposition is a manual; operation performed "by! the rear operator through the instrumentality of the lever 19 which is pivotallymountedas at 20 and has itslower end connected through av horizontal rearwardly extending shaft or bar 21to the lower end 22 of the pivotally mounted arm 23, the upper end .of which is securedto the inner end of thesliding pin 16. 5 g V Itf'will therefore be understood that, prior -to bringing the car forwardly on to the plat-. form therear'operator has locked the platthrough proper form in a'horiz'ontal position movementjof the lever 19. I

Atone end, which might be termedas the front end the platform is provided with a bumper 24 upon: the top of which is carried a bearing 25 through which extends the L- shaped crank arm 26 one end of whichcarries a socket 27 whileits other and lowerend is pivotally connected eccentrically as at 28 to a gear or disc 29 which is mounted upon the end of the "shaft 15 heretofore referred to.. Thisshaft 15 is rotatably supported in suitable bearings or guides 30 which extend out Wardly from thevertical edge of the platform D;

I From the construction thus far described it will be seen that as the'shaft 15 is oscillated the shaft 26 and its socket 27 will'also be oscillated.

In Figure 9 an enlarged showing ofthe socket 27 is had where it will be seen thatthe socket. isv provided withian internal squared opening31, v

At a point'just above thetracks32 which run lengthwiseof the platform the bumper 24 isprovided with a coupling housing or catch which comprises an upper member or plate 33 having therein an opening 34. This plate 33 adjacent one end is pivotallyattached as at 35 to the lower housing'portion 36 which.

housing'is of a U-shape in cross section configuration and has an open end 37' to permit the passage of the tapered end 39 ofthe coupling' 40 carried by the front end of the base.

41 of the car. Thiscoupling 40 at a pointin back of its tapered end- 39 is provided with a transverse depressed portion 42. 7 As the tapered end of the coupling enters the opening 37 of the housingthe plate 33 is lifted upon its pivotal support against the tension of a coil spring43 and when the transverse depression 42 of the couplingis positioned be neath the opening 34-ofthe plate the spring 43 forces'the plate downwardly so that the portion .44 oftheplate lies within the depression 42 of thecou'pling-and the elevated portion45 of the tapered end of the coupling extends upwardly through the opening 34 of the plate thus securely coupling the car to the bumper 24 of the platform... Tn 7 .It will be readily apparent that the coupling connection-can be readily and quickly broken by depressing upon the'outwardlyeX- tending end portion 46 of the plate 33 which. is provided for this purpose- 1 1 The uncoupling of the car and bumper is a manual operation performed by the rear. operator after the car has been'put. through the desired movements upon'the platform.

' The car co'mprises'a main base portion 41 which carries suitable trucks (not shown) which in turn carry the wheels 47 to permit the car torun over the track lay-out. Incidentally thev electric motor for propelling the car is not shown asany'fwell known motor drive can be utilized. o

At each end of the car, base 41 is provided with upwardly extendingbearing supports lei lie

1s: 7 I a V V lxAn amusement device comprising,

' movably mounted'platform, passenger carrying means movable onto, and off of said plat form, and means tosimultaneously and independently rock the platform and the pasmovably mounted platform, passengercarrymounted in respect to the carbase, means to coupling housing, a carcarrying a coupling member adapted to be run onto said platform into abutment with said platform stop'and be retained in that position through engagesenger carrying means.

2; An amusement device comprising a ing means movable onto and ofii ofsaid platform and; adapted to-be pivotally mounted 'on'said platform, means to' rock the platform,

and means to rock the 'passengericar'rying means at right angles tothe rocking motion of the platform, v a p v 3. An amusement ride device comprising, a pivotally mounted platfor'm,a car'adapted to be run onto said platform and retained thereupon, theseats' of said car pivotally rock'the platform, and means to rock the carseats at right angles to the rocking-motion-of the platformp;

' 4. An amusement ride device comprising,

a pivotally mounted platform, a car adapted the coupl ng houslng carried by the stop,

to be run onto said'platform and retained thereupon, said car being provided With'seats pivotall I mounted inrespect' to the car base, means a or normally lock ng said car seatsagainst movement upon their pivotal supports, means to rock said platform, means to I V rock said car seats, one of the pivotal supj ports-for the car seats adapted for driving connection-with the car seat rockingmeans,

v and meansfor automatically releasing when "of thecar seats. a a I 5. An amusement ride device comprising apivotally mounted platform, Ineans'to rock the car is run upon the; platform, the-car'- seat locking device, to; permit the movement said platform upon its pivotal mounting and meansto lock said platform against movement, said platform provided atone end with r a bumper, a. car adapted to be run onto said platform and'be retained thereon in engage- V 'ment with said bumper, said car providedfi with pivotally mounted seats,means carried v by said platform bumper for rocking the car seats upon their pivotal supp0rts,'one of the pivotal supports of said car seats adapted to automatically operatively engage the rocking means carried by the platform bumper, means normally locking thecar seats'a'gainst move-' ment upon their pivotalsupports, and means for automatically releasing said car seat lock- 7 ing means upon the engagement of the car I described.

with the bumper platform,- for the purpose 6. An amusement ride device comprising,

' a platform having a transversely extending pivotal'support, means'to rock said platform I upon said pivotal support in a see-saw man- I her, said platform provided witha stop,a

car adapted tobefrun vonto? said platform into abutment with stop fa-ndjbe retained pivotal supports of the car seats making.

the platform stop, means normally 'holding automatic driving; connection withlsaidcar, seat rocklng means When he 631,18 abuttlng said car seats against movement upon their pivotal supports, and said carseat locking 3 means being'actuatefd into anunlocke-d position upon the abutmentof the carwith the stop carried by thejplatform. i

7. An amusement v pit, a platform pivotally mounted abovesaid devlce 1' comprising a pit, means in said *pit. connected with said platform for rockingit in a seesaw manner, a bumper forming a' stop mounted at one end "of said platform and provided with a ment ofthe coupling member of the car with ,Withshafts rotatably' engaging said bearing supportsjand rotatablysupporting the seat frame inrespect to'the car base, means to 1001; said seat zframe against movement upon its pivotal supports, means extending forwardly" of the car basefor engagement with the platform stop to automatically release the seat locking mechanism to-permit movement of the seat frame upon lts plvotal supports, a mechan sm driven through 1 the vrocking movement of the platform for rocking the car seat frame, and'one ofv the pivotal supporting'shafts ofthe car seat frame extending outwardly'beyond its supporting bearing and making automatic driving connection I with the seat rocking mechanism When-the car is runupon the platforminto abutting relation with the-platform stop, for the purpose described.

8. An amusement ing a" portion ofthe rails thereof, means for driving said car over said ra l system andonto said platform, means to lock said car on said platform, means to rock said platform in a see-saw manner upon tspivotal-support,

the said car-provided withseats pivotally mountedin respect to thecar base, means to rock the seats of, said car at right angles to the rocklng motion of the platformsimultaneouslywith the rocking movement of the p device comprising a 'system of rails and a car-therefor,a pivotally mounted platform in said rail system carryvplatform, and means to drive said car from said platform over the remaining, rails of thesystem, forthepurpose described. I i

M 9. amusement device-comprising a sys-- tem ofrails anda cartherefor, said car havjingpassenger, carrying means, piyotally :mountedthereon, amoyeableplatform'carryv 7 ing a portion of'theyrails of the system, and o means to independently rock said platform 10 andthe passenger carrying means of the car when the car is on the platform, for the purv pose described. L I

i 10. An amusement device comprising a system of rails and a car therefor, a move f ably mounted platform carrying rails formin'ga part of saidsystem,.means to rock said;

platform when the car: is thereon, seats. forming apart of said carzmd movaloly supported on the" car, and means to rock the seats at 2 0 Iight angles to the rocking motion'of the s platform, for the purpose described. I 'In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my I signature. I Y FRED'L. MAYBERRY. 

